DRAM prices have been all over the place lately, settling at under US$2 once again in the most recent pricing move for a 128 Mbit chip. Prices were all the way up to $4.50 on March 10, then dropped to under $2 on May 10, and back up to $3.50 in the last couple of weeks before dropping back down again. What a roller coaster! Due to the lower prices, Samsung and Hynix contract prices have been deteriorating. If you recall, they pushed contract prices up in February and March with 7 successive price increases. I guess they are getting a dose of reality now.

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I have no plans to dose them.(2:00pm EST Thu May 23 2002)no – by REaliTy

my guess…(2:45pm EST Thu May 23 2002)i think that the ram co.'s have been trying to artificaly raise dram prices… but after they get it to ~4$ a 128mbit chip the market collapses on them cause the market won't sustain a 100% increase over such a short time… it worked longer the first time because all the ram pcb manufacturers kept buying to restore their depleted supply but now i think they have wisened up and every time the market price starts to rise they just wait 2-3 weeks till the price is back in the 2$ range. thats just my guess. (and noone is buying ram when its 4$ a 128mbit chip… thats 32$ + manufactureing cost = 33-34$ just to make it, at 2$'s its about 19-20$) – by next362″

to buyer(4:44am EST Fri May 24 2002)it is the usual case that prices are going down at the end of month. I would wait a week. Can not give you any warranty though.. – by tinyram

Scene 12. Take 850(12:37am EST Sun May 26 2002)How many times have we been here before.The scene is set again for continued pressure selling to get down sub 1.20 on the 128MG based chip…. Watch the bottome bounce and rebound hard..Once open market pricing is in line with cyclical low…..the manufactors will tighten distritbution channels and prices will go back up to 3.50+. All withig the next 2 qtrs.. B – by BABUYAYA

DRAM prices(6:16pm EST Thu Feb 20 2003)Does anyone know where I can get some graphs of DRAM prices over time? – by bw